Mormond Hill

The hill is mentioned in the folk song "Mormond Braes", about a girl from "Strichen toon" who resolves to make a better match after her lover jilts her.

[3] St Eddren's Slack, on the eastern side of the hill, is said to have been the hermitage of Ethernan, an obscure saint who founded the church of Rathen.

[4] Before the parish of Strichen was created in the 17th century, the people of the district were obliged to travel north across the hill in order to attend services in Rathen Kirk.

The dead were taken there for burial, and a heap of stones known as the Resting Cairn marks the point at which pallbearers would pause before passing over the steepest part of the hill.

[8][9] A 126 foot (38 m) tall horse formed of quartz stones can be seen on the southwestern brow of the hill, overlooking Strichen.